Pet Ownership and Older Women: The Relationships Among Loneliness, Pet Attachment Support, Human Social Support, and Depressed Mood

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 194-203

  Krause Parello, Cheryl A ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; OBJECT RELATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PET ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; OWNERSHIP; PETS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861708287     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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